It may only be the final day in September, but how crucial might that result be come the end of the season? City flex their title muscle by beating the champions on their own patch, a win in which they dominated Antonio Conte's side from the outset.

The player of the season so far Kevin de Bruyne got the crucial goal with a quarter of the game remaining but in truth it could have been more for Pep Guardiola's men. Chelsea meanwhile looked every bit a team who failed to reach the heights of last season. Eden Hazard, albeit on his first league start of the season, was desperately poor.

The deadlock is finally broken and you can't say it hasn't been coming. Kevin de Bruyne has been a bit quiet in fairness he ends a rampaging run forward with a left-footed strike which arrows past Courtois.

Stunning block from Alonso keeps the scores level. Walker plays an eye-of-the-needle pass to find Sterling whose pulls back tees up Silva but his Spanish counter-part throws himself in front of the ball.

City open up Chelsea again moments later but Jesus's flicks takes the ball away from Silva's path.

Free kick for Chelsea in a central position 30 yards from goal as Fernandinho trips Hazard. Yellow card for the Brazilian. Hazard gets the ball from a short-taken set-piece and he drive is pushed away by Ederson.

A sign of the steps backwards Chelsea have taken since last season. Last term they would have bullied their way through this fixture and come out of it with a narrow win, but there just isn't the same fortitude within them this season you feel. City might not be physically the most imposing side but they're holding their own.

What promised to be a end-to-end classic has predictably turned into a tactical battle between two master of the art, in Conte and Guardiola. The latter will be the happier of the two having dominated possession and had the better of the chances but clear-cut opportunities have been few and far between.

Bit of a lull in the game since the Morata substitution. Chelsea have adopted a high press - a tactical change instigated by the introduction of the combative Willian - but City continue to dominate possession. The Blues feeding on scraps somewhat.

Alvaro Morata is not happy here and he gestures to the bench that he needs to come off. Big blow for Chelsea inside just 35 minutes; a reflection of playing two games in a week. Michy Batshuayi scored the winner in midweek but it is Willian who is coming on. Interesting move.